As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Jeanne Johnson, RN, BSN, MHA, INF, director of clinical documentation at Premier Health in Dayton, Ohio, answered these...Read More »
As part of the twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of industry topics. Alyce Reavis, RN, MSN, CCDS, CDI auditing coordinator at Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, answered these...Read More »
As part of the upcoming twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Brian Simpson, MS, RRT, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDIP, CCS, CRC, a CDI specialist at Enjoin, answered these questions. He...Read More »
As part of the upcoming twelfth annual Clinical Documentation Integrity Week, ACDIS conducted a series of interviews with CDI professionals on a variety of emerging industry topics. Tina L. Medrano, MSN/MSM, RN, CCDS, the CDI manager at ChristianaCare in Delaware, answered these questions....Read More »
Q: We’re working on an auto-population for the outliers of body mass index (BMI), underweight and morbid obesity. We are considering changing our terminology for morbid obesity to class 3 obesity as, now that patients have access to their online records, they may be unhappy with...Read More »
The ACDIS CDI Leadership Council connects forward-thinking CDI supervisors, managers, and directors who often do not have the community and resources they need while in a leadership role. Through personalized insight-sharing and networking opportunities, the Council helps CDI leaders make...Read More »
Q: Does your facility have any requirements for providers to document how a diagnosis of obesity and/or morbid obesity has met the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) definition of “monitoring, evaluating, assessing, etc.” in order for it to be coded? For example, if a...Read More »
Q: I am considering metric-based incentives for accuracy. How would you suggest these be structured? Also, what are the impacts of implementing incentives for CDI specialists?
A: One way you can do this is to set goals for compliant...Read More »
